Tank-car.



PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904.

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GL L. ROGERS.

I TANK GAR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1. 1904.

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C. L. ROGERS.

TANK GAR.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 21, 190a.

PATENT Orrrcn.

CHARLES L. ROGERS, OF BERWIOK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERI- CAN OAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A COR- TANK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,116, dated. June 21, 1904:,

Application filed February 1, 1904. Serial No. 191,570. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berwick, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tank-Oars, of whichthefollowingisafull,clear,and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accomw panying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of a car. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the underfram- 5 ing of the car. Fig. 3 is a divided sectional view showing the relative positions of the I parts when the largest size of tank is employed. Fig. 4: is a similar view illustrating the positions of the parts when a smaller-sized tank 29 is employed. Fig. 5 is a detail edge view of a portion of the saddle-plate, illustrating the relative position of the edge angle when a large-sized tank is employed; and Fig. 6 is a like view illustrating the positions of the angle 5 with relation to the plate when a small-sized tank is employed.

This invention relates to car construction, and particularly to the class of tank-cars.

One of the objects of the invention is to 3 provide means whereby different sizes of tanks can be substituted one for the other without materially altering the construction of the car.

Another object is to provide means whereby the substitution of one tank for the other can be expeditiously effected.

Another object of the invention is to generally improve this type of car.

In the preferred embodyment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the side sills, and 2 the center sills. The side sills are connected by the end sills 3. The bolsters employed in connection with this form of car are illustrated as comprising parallel plates 4 and 5, extending 4 5 from side sill to side sill and connected thereto by angle-plates 6. The lower edges of these plates l and 5 converge toward the center, be-

- ing downwardly inclined, and their edges are braced by the angles 7, which extend nearly the entire length of the plates and terminate adjacent the side sills 1. The bottom coverplates (designated by the reference-numeral 8) are fastened to the angles 7 by suitable devices, and' I prefer to construct these coverplates 8 wider at the center than at the ends. 5 5 The respective ends of the plates 8 are provided with holes 9, the purpose of which will be apparent hereinafter. Each bolster side plate is provided with a relatively deep portion and a relatively shallow portion, the shallow portion being at the point of connection between the plates and the side sills, which shallow portions are provided with horizontal upper edges 10, which constitute supports for thefloor-sheet 11. Theinner edges of thefloorsheets are provided with longitudinally-disposed angles 12, secured thereto to strengthen them. The bolster side plates extend above the underframing of the car, and the endsof the upstanding portions are inclined from the shallow portions to the highest points of the plate, said edges being braced by the angles 13. The upper edges of the plates are arcuatethat is to say, they are curved to conform to the contour of the tank which they are to receive. These arcuate edges are designated by the reference-numeral 14, and they are intersected by recesses 15, as will be explained hereinafter.

l6 designates the channel, which is intermediately carried by the plates and which in the present instance comprises the top coverplate of the bolster. The center sills are connected to the sides of the respective bolsters by means of the angleplates l8, and the draft- 8 5 sills (designated by the reference-numeral19) are terminally connected to the opposite side plate of each bolster and to the end sills by similar angle-plates, (designated by the reference-numerals 20 and 21.)

The bolsters, draft-sills, and end sills are braced by the diagonal braces 22, carried by the plates 23 and 24. By reference to Figs. 1, 3, and 4 it will be noticed that a sheet or plate 25 is secured to the top flanges of the center sills and the draft-sills to form a bed for the longitudinally-disposed tank-sills 26, which are disposed within the recesses 15 of the respective plates, and these sills 26 are held rigid on the plates by the angles 27. By arranging the side plates of the bolsters as just described said plates serve a dual purpose that is, they provide the side walls or side plates for the bolsters and also constitute the saddles for the tank. The arcuate edges of the plates are reinforced by removable angles, (designated by the reference-numeral 28,) and in actual practice it is intended to make these angles removable, so that angles formed on diiferent ares can be substituted from time to time to accommodate the car to tanks of varying sizes. For instance, the curvature of the upper edges of the respective plates may be struck on the are coinciding with the are on which the outer wall of a determined size of tank is formed. If it is desirable to change the size of the tank, it will only be necessary to remove the angles 28 and substitute others struck on a different are to conform to the size of the substituted tank. This can be done without changing the sills 26 or disturbing any other part of the car except the longitudinally disposed strips 29, which can readily be removed, and the straps 30 and 31.

Interposed between the bolsters are pairs of saddles substantially the same in form as the saddles which comprise the side walls or plates of the respective bolsters, and these saddles comprise plates designated by the reference-numerals 32 and 33. These intermediate saddles,however, are formed of four pieces, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4E, and they are terminally secured to the side sills and the center sills by the angle-plates 3a and 35. The lower edges of these plates 32 and 33 are reinforced by the angles 36, which extend entirely across the car and under the center sills, to which they are secured. Intermediate angles (designated by the reference-numeral 37) are provided for these intermediate saddles, and these angles extend from side sill to side sill and are secured to the bed-plate 25 by suitable fastening devices. The intermediate saddles are also formed with relatively deep and relatively shallow portions, so as to assist the side plates of the bolsters in supporting the tank and providing supports for the floorsheet 11. The draft-sills carry castings 38 for the head-blocks 39, against which the endsof the tank rest to prevent a longitudinal movement of the tank, and interposed between the head-blocks 39 and the end side plates of the bolsters are spacingbars or braces 4C0, connected to the head-blocks and side plates by the angle-plates &1 and 4:2. Transverse tanksills 4:3 are also carried by the head-blocks 39, on which the tank may rest. The straps 31 pass over the tank and terminally engage the clips ale L, connected to the angles at the lower diate saddles.

edges of the respective plates of the interme- The straps which pass between the bolsterplates rest in the notches 17 and are fastened to the lower cover plates 8 by suitable nuts, so that they will be efficiently held in place.

It will be apparent that a car constructed in accordance with the one just described will be capable of resisting the strains to which it will ordinarily be subjected, can be easily set up, and that tanks can readily be substituted one for the other without altering the construction of the car or disturbing-the saddles other than to change the angles 28, which will require but a minimum amount of labor.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the side sills of a car, of tank-supporting saddles terminally connected to the side sills and com prising the side plates of the body-bolsters, said saddles having arcuate upper edges; substantially as described.

2. The combination with the side sills of a car, of saddles connected to the side sills and comprising the side plates of the body bolsters, said saddles having relatively deep portions and relatively shallow portions, the relatively deep portions being provided at their upper edges with arcuate seats for the reception of the tank; substantially as described.

3. The combination with the side sills and center sills of a car, of saddles connected to the side sills and center sills and arranged in pairs, said saddles having inwardly-disposed flanges and outwardly-disposed flanges; substantially as described.

4. In a car, the combination with side sills and center sills, of saddles connected to the side and center sills and extending below the side sills and above the center sills, inwardlydisposed flanges at the upper edges of the saddles, and outwardly disposed flanges at the lower edges of the saddles; substantially as described.

5. A car having a body bolster and tanksupporting saddles comprising the sides of the bolster with inwardly and outwardly disposed flanges; substantially as described.

6. The combination with the side sills of a car, of tank-supporting saddles terminally connected to the side sills and comprising the side plates of the body-bolsters; substantially as described.

7. A car having body-bolsters and tank-supporting saddles comprising the sides of the body-bolsters and extending above the coverplates of the bolsters with their upper edges conforming to the contour of the tank, and floor-sheets carried by the saddles; substantially as described.

8. A car including tank-supporting saddles comprising plates arranged in pairs and having inwardly-disposed flanges and outwardlydisposed flanges; substantially as described.

9. A car having saddles comprising pairs of plates connected to the side sills and center sills, and bottom cover-plates connected to the pairs of the first-named plates, said saddles having relatively shallow portions and floorsheets carried by the relatively shallow portions; substantially as described.

10. A car having side sills and saddles of varying depths, the shallow portions of the saddles being connected to the side sills, and floor-sheets carried by the said shallow portions; substantially as described.

11. A car having tank-supporting saddles comprising plates provided with inclined lower edges, outwardly-disposed flanges carried by the lower edges of the plates, a coverplate connected to the outwardly-disposed flanges and arcuate upper edges provided with inwardly-disposed flanges forming seats for a tank; substantially as described.

12. A car having tank-supporting saddles comprising plates provided with inclined lower edges and arcuate upper edges, the arcuate upper edges extending above the underframing of the car, said saddles having relatively shallow portions adjacent the side sills, and floor-sheets carried by the relatively shallow portions; substantially as described.

13. A car having tank-supporting saddles comprising plates provided with inclined lower edges and arcuate upper edges, and connecting cover-plates secured to the lower edges of the saddles, said first-named plates having floor-carrying portions; substantially as described.

14E. A car having means for supporting a tank and terminally connected to the side sills, said means comprising plates having relatively shallow portions adjacent to the respective side sills, and floor-sheets carried by the relatively shallow portions; substantially as described.

15. The combination with the side sills of a car, of plates carried by the side sills and comprising tank-supports, and floor-supports carried by said plates; substantially as described.

16. In a car, the combination with the side sills and the center sills of a bolster having side plates extending above the side sills and center sills to receive a tank; substantially as described.

17. The combination with the side sills and center sills of a car, of a bolster having portions extending above the side sills and center sills to receive a tank, and top and bottom cover-plates below the upper edges of the bolster sides; substantially as described.

18. A car-bolster having side plates, the lower edges of which converge from the sides toward the middle of the car, said plates hav ing ends inclined in an upward direction toward the center of the car and provided with "curved upper edges; substantially as described.

19. The combination with the side sills of a car, of bolsters carried by the side sills, central recesses in the bolsters, and tank-sills in the recesses; substantially as described.

20. The combination with the underframing of a car, of a bolster carried by the underframing and having a notched lower coverplate, a tank carried by the car, and straps over the tank and engaging the notched coverplate, and a securing means on each strap; substantially as described.

21. The combination with side sills, and end sills of a car, of abolster extending from side sill to side sill, center sills interposed between the bolsters, draft sills interposed between the bolsters and end sills, head-blocks carried by the draft-sills, and braces between the headblocks and bolsters; substantially as described.

22. The combination with side sills, and end sills of a car, of a bolster extending from side sill to side sill, center sills interposed between the bolsters, draft-sills interposed between the bolsters and end sills, head-blocks carried by the draft-sills, and braces 40 between the headblocks and bolsters; substantially as described.

23. The combination with the side sills, and end sills of a car, of tank-supporting bolsters extending from side sill to side sill, center sills interposed between the bolsters, and tank-supporting plates extending from the side sills to the center sills; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of January, 1904:.

CHARLES L. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

R. 0. Bowen, S. L. RABERT. 

